 | Abraham John Valpy - 1825 - 544 pagine
...was for building rcnown'il, , And of marl ile be left what of brick lie had found : But is not our N. too, a very great master? He finds us all brick, and he leaves us all plaster ! Suetonius's words are, " Urbem neque pro mujestate imperil ornatam, excoluit adeo, lit jure sit gloriatus... | |
 | 1825 - 546 pagine
...themselves more capacious. i . . \ . i"., t, . Augustus, at Rome, was for building renown'd, And of marble he left what of brick he had found : But is not our N. too, a very great master? He finds us all brick, and he leaves us all plaster ! Suetonius's words... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1826 - 644 pagine
...been rewarded with the following epigram : — '• Augustus at Rome was for building renown'd, And of marble he left what of brick he had found ; ; But is not our Nasb, too, a very great master ? — He finds us all brick and he Icuves us all plaster.' But in national... | |
 | 1837 - 596 pagine
...the epigram that was circulated a few years ago. " Augustus of Rome was for building renown'd, For of marble he left, what of brick he had found : But is not our Nash too, a very great master, Who finds us all brick-hats, and leaves us all plaster ?" We confess, for our own part, that we do... | |
 | Peter Cunningham - 1851 - 382 pagine
...built gave rise to the following epigram : — " Augustus at Rome was for building renown'd, And of marble he left what of brick he had found ; But is...finds us all brick and he leaves us all plaster." Quarterly Review /or Jane, 1826. REGENT STREET AND WATERLOO PLACE. 267 All Souls', I.angham-place.... | |
 | Peter Cunningham - 1851 - 432 pagine
...gave rise to the following epigram : — " Augustus at Rome was for building renown'd, And of martle he left what of brick he had found : But is not our...finds us all brick and he leaves us all plaster." Quarterly Revlew for June, 1826. All Souls', Lanpham-place. Nash, architect. Polytechnic Institution.... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), Peter Cunningham - 1853 - 386 pagine
...built gave rise to the following epigram : — " Augustus at Rome was for building renown'd, And of marble he left what of brick he had found ; But is...finds us all brick and he leaves us all plaster." Quarterly Review for June, 1826. All Souls', Langham-place* Nash, architect. Polytechnic Institution.... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1862 - 738 pagine
...prince the evil deed.i of his architect : — " Augustus at Rome was for building renown'd, For of marble he left what of brick he had found : But is not our George, too, a very great master ? He finds London brick, and he leaves it all plaster." 1784-ШО.]... | |
 | Reinhold Pauli - 1864 - 572 pagine
...ift. *) 93(fannt tfl Ьав iotfctge ©jiigramm: Augustus at Rome was for building renown'd, For of marble he left what of brick he had found : But is not our George, too, a very great master? He finds London brick, and he leaves it all plaster. Quarterly Review... | |
 | Epigrammatists - 1870 - 654 pagine
...ROMAN CEMENT IN LONDON HOUSES. Augustus at Rome was for building renown'd, And marble he left what but brick he had found ; But is not our Nash, too, a very great master ? He found London brick, and he leaves it all plaster. This is an adaptation of another epigram, on the... | |
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Augustus at Rome was for building renown'd, And of marble he left what of brick he had found ; But is not our Nash, too, a very great master ? He finds us all brick, and he leaves us all plaster. 
